Inclusive community

Unbeatable value

Thanks to our volunteer organisers, all our speakers giving their time for free, and the invaluable support of the University of Plymouth and our other sponsors, we're able to bring you all this for the wallet-friendly price of just £45, with workshops just £15 each.

Lunch and refreshments all included

Yup, lunch is included in your ticket price. No need to bring sandwiches! And we'll keep the tea and coffee flowing throughout the day too.

Workshop Programme

Friday 26 September, 10:00am-4:30pm
THINQTANQ, Plymouth, PL1 2AN

Estimating your next web project (the easy way)

10:00-11:00am

Learn a quick, simple way to estimate a web project with Professional Scrum Trainer Derek Davidson. Free yourself from from the old tyranny of estimating, and gain the confidence to try estimating in a different, more agile way that benefits you and your client alike.

Introduction to mobile web accessibility

11:30am-12:30pm

This primer on mobile accessibility from accessibility expert Jon Gibbins will give you a solid grounding on standards, guidelines and principles of making websites accessible on mobile devices, and demonstrate some of the accessibility features available on iOS and Android.

Automating front-end builds with Grunt

2:00-3:00pm

Front-end development in 2014 is more complicated than it has ever been – with tools, jargon and a plethora of different "best practices" arriving daily. In this session Andy Wood and Andy Mantell will explain why a build tool like Grunt should be in your toolkit, the cool JavaScript and CSS things it can do, and take you through a quick set-up guide.

Hacking the Google Snippet

3:30-4:30pm

Discover the different types of structured markup you can embed within web pages, and how to use them to control how your website appears in Google’s listings, with Ian Macfarlance, DigitasLBi's Head of Technical Search. Understand the different formats and data types available, the benefits of using them, and get your hands dirty writing and testing some real code examples.

After-Party

Location

Conference Venue

We're delighted to return to Robins Conference Centre at the University of Plymouth.
As well as a 200 seat main auditorium it also features breakout rooms for multi-track
sessions and a large central lobby for relaxing and meeting fellow conference goers.

Code of Conduct

Digpen is an inclusive, welcoming event. Please help us keep it that way. Digpen should be a friendly, safe and positive environment for all, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion (or lack thereof). Sexual, racial or other harrassement, including use of sexual language and imagery, is not acceptable from anyone, including speakers and sponsors.

Our code of conduct sets out in more detail what we consider acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. It applies to all conference venues both on- and offline, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Anyone violating the code of conduct may be expelled from the event without a refund.